Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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